A Feasible Two-Step Estimator for Seasonal Cointegration

A Feasible Two-Step Estimator for Seasonal Cointegration

This paper considers a feasible two-step estimator for seasonal cointegration as the extension of $Br{\ddot{u}}ggeman$ and $L{\ddot{u}}tkepohl$ (2005). It is shown that the reducedrank maximum likelihood(ML) estimator for seasonal cointegration can still produce occasional outliers as that for non-seasonal cointegration even though the sizes of them are not extreme as those in non-seasonal cointegration. The ML estimator(MLE) is compared with the two-step estimator in a small Monte Carlo simulation study and we find that the two-step estimator can be an attractive alternative to the MLE, especially, in a small sample.